Receptacle for cigarette ashes and the like



May 5, 1931. w. F. HEROLD RECEPTACLE FOR CIGARETTE ASHES AND THE LIKE Filed May 24, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet l I N V EN TOR.

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May 5, 1931. w. F. HEROLD RECEPTACLE FOR CIGARETTF ASHES AND THE LIKE Filed May 24, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. NHLTER F HERD/L17. BY

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RECEPTACLE FOR CIGARETTE ASHES AND THE LIKE Filed May 24. 1928 I5 Sheets-Sheet 5 EEEEZ-QE IN V EN TOR. WHL ER F HER/171.11 -42 A TTORNEY.

Patented May 5, 1931 UNITED STATES WALTER F. HEROLCD, OF UPPER MONTCLAIB, NEW JERSEY Y BEGEPTACLE FOR CIGARETTE ASHES THE LIKE Application filed May 24,

The present invention relates to an improved receptacle for cigarette ashes, and the like, and has for an object to provide a device of this character which will be smoketight and odorless, and in which the con tents will at all times be closed and concealed from view. It is further proposed to provide a receptacle of inexpensive and reliable construction, which may be operated with facility, and which will lend itself to ornamental and attractive shapes.

With the above and other objects in view, embodiments of the invention are shown in the accompanying drawings, and these embodiments will be hereinafter more fully described with reference thereto, and the invention will be finally pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an ash receptacle, according to one embodiment of the invention, and showing the same in closed position.

Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the same in openposition.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view showing the receptacle in open position.

Fig. 4 is a similar view, showing the same in closed position.

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the top member employed.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a modified form of the device in which a cigarette compartment is incorporated.

Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view thereof.

Figs. 8, 9 and 10 are diagrammatic plan views showing the three operative positions of the same.

Fig. 11 is a top plan view of a further modified form.

Fig. 12 is asectional view thereof along the line 12-12 of Fig. 11, and showing in dotted lines the open position of the cigarette compartments.

Fig. 13 is a diagrammatic plan view showing the closed relation of the device.

Fig. 14 is a bottom plan view of a top construction employing a modified form of hinge.

Figs. 15 and 16 sectional views along 1928. Serial No. 280,182.

the lines 1515 and 1616 of Fig. 14, Fig. 16 showing in dotted lines the open position of the covers.

Referring to the drawings, the ash receptacle, according to the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 5, comprises a re ceptacle 10, having an open top and which may be of any suitable form or design to receive ashes, and having a top member 11 adapted to be seated in the opening of the receptacle, and upon which the parts constituting the present improvements are mounted. It will be understood that the receptacle and top may be of any suitable form and construction to permit the cover to be removed or raised to allow ashes accumulated in the receptacle'to be emptied from time to time.

The top is flanged at its edges, as at 12, to fit about the upper end of the receptacle and is provided with a pair of spaced openings 13 and 14, adapted to be closed by means of covers 15 and 16 hinged along the inner adjacent and parallel edges of the openings. The hinges 17 are engaged upon pins 18 secured beneath the top and move through narrow slots 17 in the top. A hair-pin spring 19 is secured at the under side of the top in the space between the openings 13 and 14 and has its leg portions respectively engaged with one of the hinge portions 17 of each of the covers, so that the latter are normally pressed to an open position, in which position they are uprightly disposed in spaced substantially parallel relation to each other.

A. frame is secured at the under side of the top consisting of an upper flange portion 20 adapted to seat against the top within the flange 12, and rectangular flange portions 21 and 22 corresponding in shape to the openings 13 and 14, and constituting ash receiving spaces, respectively provided with hinged bottoms 23 and 24, hinged, as at 25, to swing downwardly about the inner adjacent parallel edges of the rectangular flange portions 21 and 22.

The lower inner edges of the flanges 23 and I 24 are connected by a transverse portion 27, in spaced and opposed relation to the portion of the top between the openings 13 and 14, and centrally of these portions there is provided vertically aligned bearing apertures 28 and 29. within which there is rotatably engaged the spindle 30 ot a handle 31 disposed at the upper side of the top and having a base portion 32 adapted in one position to extend over the covers to retain them closed and in an- .other position to be disposed longitudinally in the space between the covers, the latter being then in raised position. Upon the lower end of the spindle there is engaged a transverse bar 33 disposed at a right angle to the base 32 of the handle, and adapted to move beneath and close the hinged bottom of the ash receiving spaces, as the handle is turned to a position to release the covers. The bar 33 is secured upon the spindle 30 by a pin 34, or other suitable securing means which also serves to retain the whole assembly in operative relation. Arcuate ribs 35 and 36 are provided upon the covers and bottoms in concentric relation to the axis of the handle, and provide bearing portions over which the base portion 32 and bar 33 slide.

Upon the inner sides of the covers 15'and 16 there are provided cigarette rests 37, so disposed that upon closing of'the covers the cigarette resting thereon will drop into the receptacle. Spring members 38, are secured at the outer sides of the frame flanges 21 and 22 in opposed relation to the flange 12 of the top member and serve to frictionally retain the top assembly upon thereceptacle. Obviously any suitable retaining means may be employed.

The operation is as follows:

Figs. 2 and 4 show the position of the device in which the covers are raised to expose the ash receiving space, into which ashes may be placed, and where they are retained by the hinged bottom. In order to deliver these ashes into the receptacle, the handle 31 is turned a quarter turn in either direction, to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3, causing the covers to be closed by the base portion 32, and the hinged bottoms to be released by the bar 33, so that they drop to the ash delivering position. The arrangement of the handle and bar 33 is such that the covers are completely closed before the hinged bottoms are released, and in the reverse operation of opening the covers, the hinged bottoms are completely raised before the covers start to raise. The interior of the receptacle is therefore concealed from view, and is at all times sealed against the escape of smoke and odors.

In Figs. 6 and 7 I have showna modified form of the inventionin which a single ash receiving space is provided at one side, and at the other side there is formed a cigarette compartment 40. The cover 16 is the same as the cover 16 of the first embodiment, except that there is no cigarette rest provided thereon. The base 32 of the handle 31 is of right angular form, so that it may be turned into positions to open either of the covers and close the other, or to a medial positionto close both covers. The bar 33 for operating the hinged bottom extends only at one side of the spindle and is arranged at a right. angle to one of the arms of the base 32 and extending in opposed direction to the other arm. The operation is diagramn'iatically illustrated in Figs. 8, 9 and 10, Fig. 8showing the relation of the handle with the ash receiving space closed and the cigarette compartment open,

Fig. 9the position with the ash receiving space closed and the cigarette compartment open, and Fig. 10 both the ash receivin space and the cigarette compartment closed.

In Figs. 11 to 13 there is shown a further modification, in which two opposedash receiving compartments are provided in sub stantially the same relation as in the first embodiment, and in right angular relation therewith,and in opposed relation to each other, two cigarette compartments 41 and 42 are provided and form the end walls of the device theirupper open ends being normally closed by the top 11. These compartments are hingedly mounted at their lower ends, as at 43, so that their upper ends will swing outwardly to expose the cigarettes, being 'normally held inwardly by a spring 44 extending between them. Upon the inner side of each of the compartments, there .is formed a rounded boss 45, disposed in the path of the ends of the bar 33, so that when the latter is in its longitudinal position its ends engage the bosses 45 and project the cigarette compartment outwardly, the same being closed by the spring as the bar is rotated toits transverse position. In order to close both the ash receiving spaces, and the cigarette compartments, the handle is moved to a medial position as shown diagrammatically in the Fig. 14, the base ,32 extending diagonally over both covers 15 and 16, and the bar 33 being moved out of engagement With the bosses 45.

In Figs. 14 to 16, I have shown a modified type of hinge construction, in which the portion of the top between the two openings is embossed up, as at 46, to provide a recess at the under side, and a marginal wall 47 inwardly spaced at its longitudinal sides from the inner edges of the openings. Within these longitudinal sides and near each end there are provided hinge openings 48, through which hinge lugs 49 formed upon the bases 50 of the cigarette rests 51 are ex-' tended and curled about longitudinally disposed hinge pins 52 disposed at the inner sides of said side walls 47. These pins are held in places by means of a plate 53, spotwelded or otherwise suitably secured within the recess, and provided with curved longitudinal flanges 54 which clamp againstthe pins. The plate 53 is also provided at one end with a flange 55, which serves to secure a hair-pin spring 56, the legs of which are inserted adjacent the bight of the pin in holes in said flanges, and are secured near their outer ends in lugs 57 bent out from the hinge In .49 at one end. The covers 58 are spot-wel ed or otherwise suitably secured to the bases of the cigarette rests.

I have illustrated and described preferred and satisfactory embodiments of my invention, but it will be obvious that changes may be made therein, within the spirit and scope thereof, as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A receptacle for ashes or the like, having an ash receiving space, a movable ash support for said space, a movable cover for closing said space, and operating means movable relatively to said support and cover,

adapted to effect the closing of either of them and the opening of the other, and adapted to maintain either of them in closed position.

2. A receptacle for ashes or the like, having an ash receiving space, a movable ash support for said space, a movable cover for closing said space, and operating'means rotatable about a vertical axis movable relatively to said support and cover, adapted to efiect the closing of either of them and the opening of the other.

3. A receptacle for ashes or the like, having an ash receiving space, a movable hinged ash support for said space, a movable hinged cover for closing said space, and operating means movable relatively to said support and cover, adapted to effect the closing of either of them and the opening of the other, and adapted to maintain either of them in closed position.

4. A receptacle for ashes or' the like, having an ash receiving space, a movable ash support for said space hinged to move about a horizontal axis, a movable cover for closing said space hinged to move about a horizontal axis, and operating means rotatable about a vertical axis movable relatively to said support and cover, and adapted to effeet the closing of either of them and the opening of the other.

5. A receptacle for ashes, or the like, having an ash receiving space, a movable ash support for said space, a movable cover for closing said space, and rotary operating means including laterally extending closure means for said cover and laterally extending closure means for said support, and adapted to efiect the closing of either of them and the opening of the other.

6. A receptacle for ashes, or the like, having an ash receiving space, a movable ash support for said space, a movable cover for closing said space, and rotary operating means including laterally extending closure means for said cover and laterally extend- 'ing closure means for said support disposed at right angles to each other, and adapted to effect the closing of either of them and the opening of the other. a

7. A receptacle for ashes, or the like, having an ash receiving space, a movable ash support for said space hinged to swing about a horizontal axis and adapted to move by gravity to open position, a movable cover for closing said space hinged to swing about a horizontal axis, spring means for moving said cover to open position, and operating means movable relatively to said support and cover adapted to close either of them and release the other.

8. A-receptacle for ashes, or the like, having a pair of ash receiving spaces, a movable as support for each of said spaces, a movable cover for closing each of said spaces, and operating means disposed between said spaces andmovable relatively to said supports and covers, adapted in one operative position to effect the closing of both of said command the opening of said supports, and in another operative position to effect the closing of said supports and the opening of said covers.

9. A receptacle for ashes or the like, having an ash receiving space, a movable ash support for said space, a movable cover for closing said space, operating means cooperating between said support and cover whereby one is closed'as the other is opened, and compartment forming means adapted to be closed and opened and cooperatively related to said operating means whereby operation 100 of said operating means is adapted to open and close said compartment.

10. A receptacle for ashes or the like, having an ash receiving space, a movable ash support for said space, a movable cover for 105 closing said space, operating means cooperating between said support and cover whereby one is closed as the other is released, compartment forming means, a cover for said compartment forming means cooperatively re- 11o lated to said operating means whereby the latter is adapted to effect the opening and closing of said cover.

11. A receptacle for ashes or the like, having an ash receiving space, a movable 115 ash support for saidspace, a movable cover for closing said space, a support for a ciga rette or the like provided on the inner side of said cover adapted in the open position of said cover to support a cigarette or the like, 120 and in the closed position to deliver the same to said ash receiving space, and operating means for said cover and support adapted end, and rotary operating means including a shaft extending through said top, laterally extending closure means at the upper end of said shaft for said cover, and laterally extending closure means at the lower end of said shaft for said support disposed at right angles to each other, and adapted to effect the closing of either of them and the opening of the other.

1?. A receptacle for ashes, or the like, including a top having an ash receiving space extending therethrough, a movable ash support for the lower end of said space hinged to swing about a horizontal axis and adapted to move by gravity to open position, a movable cover for closing said space at its upper end hinged to swing about a horizontal axis, spring means for moving said cover to open position, and rotary operating means including a shaft extending through said top, laterally extending closure means at the upper end of said shaft for said cover, and laterally extending closure means at the lower end of said shaft for said support disposed at right angles to each other, and adapted to close either of them and release the other.

14. A receptacle for ashes, or the like, including a top having a pair of spaced ash receiving spaces extending therethrough, a movable ash support for the lower end of each of said spaces hinged to swing about a horizontal axis and adapted to move by gravity to open position, movable covers for closing said spaces at their upper ends hinged to swing about horizontal axes and rotary operating means including a shaft extending through said top between said spaces, laterally extending closure means for said covers extending in opposite directions from the upper end of said shaft, and laterally extending closure means for said supports extending in opposite directions from the lower end of said shaft and disposed at right angles to said cover closure means, and closure means adapted to close either said covers or said supports and release said supports or said covers.

Signed at Newark, county of Essex, State of New Jersey, this 5th day of May, 1928.

WALTER F. HEROLD. 

